Rail-joint.



C. H. BRUNNER.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1913. 1,78,247. Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application mama-a1 2c, 1913. Serial No. 757,597.

To all whom it may concern i be a full, clear,

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. BRUN- nnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints;

and I do hereby declare the following to and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to rail joints of the scarf type and has for anobject to pro vide an extremely rigid rail joint which willdispense withthe use of fish plates and like coupling devlces.

A further object is to produce a rail joint which will positively holdthe abutting rail ends against either vertical or displacementrelatively to each other.

A still" further object is to provide a rail joint inwhich the abuttingrail ends may be easily and quickly locked together and secured to theties through theinstrumentality of the usual spikes and withoutothersecuring devices.

With the above objects in view the inven 3 tion consists of certainnovel details of con j struction and combination of partshereia. afterfully describedand claimed,it belng understood that variousmodifications may be made in the minor details of construction withinthe scope of the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention :-Figure 1 isaiplan view j of a railjoint embodying my improvements.

. identical so spective Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a crosssectlonal view on the line 3-3 Flg. 1. Flg.

dis a horizontal sectional view on the line M Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one of the rail ends. Fig. 6 is a perview of theother rail end. Referring now to the drawing in which like characters ofreference designate similarparts, the rail joint is shown to compriseabutting rail ends 10 and 11 which interfit at their meeting and producea scarf joint. The rail ends are each formed that the description of onewill suflice' for both. Each rail end has the ball 12 severed verticallyas shown at 13 to the web, and the web thickened for a considerabledistance in advance and in rear of the end 13 of the ball, the thickenedweb 55 being cut away on one side to the longilateral is ahorizontaloblong posed in the plane of the slot 26 and is of tudinal axis of therail whereby a tongue 16 is produced, in advance of the end of the balland a recess 17 is of the end of the ball.

The top of the thickened portion of the web slopes downwardly from theside. of the ball as shown at 19 and merges with the side edge of thebase flange-in the vertical sideface 20. The top of the recess 17slopes. downwardly from the end of the ball as shown at 21 rearwardly tothe end wall 22 of the recess and terminates in the horizontal plane ofthe top of the adjacent vertical side face 20. The top 16 slopesdownwardly and forwardly from the ball to the end 24: of the tongue,ter-i minating in the top of the adjacent vertical side face 20.

Formed in the inner longitudinal wall 25 of the recess 17 is ahorizontal slot 26 which opens through the side face 20 of the thick-PatentedNov.11,1913...

produced in rear 23 of the tongue ened portion of the web on theopposite side of the rail from the recess. Formed on the innerlongitudinal wall 27 of the tongue 16 lug 28 which is dissuch extent asto project beyond the plane of the side face 20 of the thickened portionof the web on the opposite side of the rail from the tongue, where thelug is provided with a longitudinal series of spike openings 29.

In assembling the rail ends 10 and 11, the

rail ends are slid laterally toward each other so that the tongue 16 ofone rail projects into the recess 17 of the other rail and the lug 28 ofone rail projects through the slot 26 of the other rail, as best shownin Fig. 4. The lugs project upon opposite sides of the rails and arespiked to the underlying ties 30 through the instrumentality of spikes31 passed through the spike openings in the lugs. The interfittingtongues as well as the lugs passing through their respective slots,

What is claimed, is

1. A rail joint including abutting rail and fitting in a recess disposedin rear of.

the ball of the mating rail, a lug formed on the inner side of eachtongue projecting through and beyond a slot formed in the inner Wall ofthe recess of the mating rail, and securing spikes passed through saidtongue.

2. In a rail joint, abutting rail ends, each rail end having the ballsevered to the Web, and having the Web thickened in advance and in rearof said ball, one side of said thickened Web being cut away to produce atongue in advance of said ball and a recess in rear of said ball end, aslot being formed in the inner longitudinal Wall of said recess, a lugformed on the inner Wall of said tongue in the plane of said slot, thetongue of one rail snugly fitting in the recess of the mating rail, andthe lug of one rail projecting through the slot of the mating rail, saidlugs projecting, from opposite sides ofsaid abutting rail ends, andsecuring spikes passed through said lugs.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, 1n the presence of twoWitnesses.

CLARENCE H. BRUNNER. Witnesses M. E. Bowman, G. M. FORREST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

